Devora
Feminine · “bee”
Devora is a bee in Hebrew — and Deborah is the only woman in Judges who leads Israel, sitting under a palm tree to give judgment.
How old is the name Devora?
Devora first appears in US birth records in 1915 — 110 years ago. The typical Devora alive today was born around 2002, making them about 23 years old. About 2,700 people named Devora are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Devora most popular?
Devora peaked in 2025, reaching #2064 nationally. Today it ranks #2064, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From devorah to Devora
The story of Devora
Judges 4 and 5 have Deborah judging Israel under a palm, summoning Barak to battle, and singing a victory song that is among the oldest passages in the Hebrew Bible. She is called a prophetess and a mother in Israel. Devora is the Hebrew form and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
bee
From the Hebrew devorah, 'bee', which shares a root with davar, 'word' or 'speech' — a connection Hebrew commentators have long noticed for a prophetess. Devora is the Hebrew and Italian spelling. The word is ordinary and the reading undisputed.
How the name formed
- devorah
- Devora
Related forms: דבורה · Debora · Deborah
Pronouncing Devora
deh-VOR-ah
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Hebrew stresses the final syllable, dvo-RAH.
Nicknames for Devora
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1915
- Most girls named
- 202393 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2064reached in 2025
- Change vs 2023
- −2.2%91 in 2025, from 93
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Devora in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- דבורה in Hebrew — transliteration
- Debora in Italian — spelling variant
- Deborah in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, New Jersey.
Devoras among us
people named Devora are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 17,662 born in 2025 was named Devora
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Devora
- #2064
- Devora on the 2025 chart
- #709
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Devora went to 91 girls in 2025, but Devorah is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 254, which makes it the 709th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,355 places above the chart.
- Devorah163
- Devora91
About 1 girl in 6,328 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 17,662 for Devora itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Trenna test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Devora's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Trenna climbed just as high around 1965, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Trenna's path sketches the road Devora is walking now.
Devora sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Devora is headed
Devora looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 20% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Devora beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Devora in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the Song of Deborah is among the oldest passages in the Bible is a first-rate fact.
- The bee meaning is concrete and its link to 'word' is a genuinely good detail.
- The only woman to judge Israel carries it.
- Deborah is what English speakers will assume.
- Hebrew and English stress it differently.
- Devora and Debora are both in circulation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Devoras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,700 people named Devora are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Devora?
- Devora is one of 2 recorded spellings. Devorah is the more common one — 163 births in 2025 against 91 for Devora.
- How popular is the name Devora in 2025?
- Devora ranks #2064 among US girl names in 2025, with 91 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Devora?
- About 1 in every 17,662 US girls born in 2025 was named Devora — 91 in all.
- Will my child share the name Devora with classmates?
- Devora will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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